TheBrownBear

I can't believe Conehead is still around (I moved away years ago). Like an earlier poster mentioned, some of my earliest memories are seeing him and the Earl of Bud at the Rockpile at Bisons games as a kid. I loved those games at the Rockpile. Place was usually half empty, so me and the other neighborhood kids would just bounce all over the stadium, trying to find a good spot to snag foul balls. Surprised to see the hate for hockey. Guessing GunnerBill has never been to a game in person. It's the best live sports viewing experience of them all, in my opinion. And this is coming from someone who never played more than after school street and pond hockey as a kid.

California is a huge recruiting hotbed as well. I could easily see youth contact sports being banned here at some time in the not too distant future. Tackle football, like so many things these days, is likely to become a red state/blue state issue.

It's a crappy phone video taken in his car. A bit of an exaggeration to say he looks like a 50 year old meth head. Also, we don't know his entire story (does he have other negative things going on in his life/health, irrespective of the concussion issue?). Only what he's willing to tell us. I do agree though with the basic premise. Football is a brutal sport that has a very high risk of taking a serious toll on the body and mind. As for those who pooh-pooh this stuff and say "these guys are grown men who understand the risk they're taking", keep in mind that these young men are shepherded into the sport from a young age by parents and family, and then once they show promise, are strongly encouraged to continue by family/schools/coaches/agents/friends who are hoping to profit off of them. They are essentially trained from a young age to have zero life/career outside of football. Then throw in the fact that these guys are really young and not mentally mature enough to make wise decisions when it comes to their longterm health when the health risks really ramp up (college and draft), and you have a recipe for future disaster and regret.

I think McBeane are sincere with respect to Shakir, regardless of whether they hand the PR job to Hines. I think with Shakir being a rookie they just want him to be able to devote his full attention to his role as our primary WR backup.

Yep. The guy's been around for a few years. He's an experienced dude. Shouldn't take him long to get up to speed. We'll get a couple of chances to see him with the ball in his hands this week, and the following week should be all systems go.

He's our starting slot receiver. I'd say there's about a zero percent chance of McKenzie being released for OBJ.

Wish he'd spend more time on the playbook. (TBD resident doomers)

You've convinced me. Ray was just a Guy. JK...RIP, Ray Guy.

Exactly. Josh, like myself, only complains when it's 100% legit. Now, Brady and my wife on the other hand...

Good for Isaiah. There just wasn't room here for a guy with his skillset. Hope he sticks for awhile with the Giants.

Not even close. They got 4+ years of Chubb and still were able to flip him for a 1st round pick. Josey Jewell is also still there and starting games at LB.

Bills are 3-0 at home with an average margin of victory of 23.5 points. Line is probably too low to be honest.

Is OBJ even going to be ready to play meaningful snaps this year? Seems like these ACL's are taking longer to come back from than I remembered. I'm a UCLA guy and the school announced this week that two of our basketball players that tore ACL's over a full year ago are still not cleared to play. If he somehow manages to get himself fully healed by say, mid-December, he's still got to pass the physical, get himself up to gamespeed (a few weeks), learn the playbook, etc. So, you're looking at unveiling him in the playoffs? I'm excited about the idea of OBJ in Buffalo, but I just don't think it's likely to happen, or if it does, that it pays any demonstrable dividends this season.

I love our team. We are great. Probably the best in the league (pending the Eagles ever actually facing a good team). But I still hit the "disagree" button on the OP. I know we beat the Chiefs, but I think they are right there with us in terms of talent and coaching and would probably take 40-50% of matchups with us on any given Sunday. We narrowly won the last one, so we currently have the bragging rights, but is anyone here eager to see that team again in a meaningful game (regardless of where it's being played)? I'm still of the opinion that we can play a good-to-very_good game and lose to the Chiefs "great game" (See, for example, 2021 divisional playoff game).

Of course, "I do", but I was talking about most TBD posters.

Better than my deal, which was apparently "no sex as a condition of marriage."

Yep. He easily fills McKenzie's role if Lil Dirty should get nicked up.

They are very different backs and styles, regardless of what role they had previously filled with their teams. Cook now becomes the change of pace to Motor (Moss role) and Hines immediately slots in as the 3rd down back. You'll see.

I think Cook could fill the Singletary role next year. He's potentially a more complete back than either Hines (strictly a scatback pass catching type) or Motor.

I like it! You can clearly see the dimension he'll bring as a proven pass catching option out of the backfield.

I like it!!! Hines immediately slots into the role the Bills envisioned when they drafted Cook. Cook can take time to mature and play when he's truly ready.

Exactly. And they did it because Stafford is an aging QB and they felt they needed to strike while the iron was hot. They got their ring, but they paid the price for it this season. Maybe that's a great tradeoff? Or maybe they don't make the playoffs for 10 years?

It's only one season, and you can't deny that the Rams just sort of lucked out by getting to face the Niners and then Bengals in the NFC championship and Super Bowl. It wasn't a murderer's row or anything.

3rd in completion percentage, 4-to-1 TD/INT rate, top 5 in YPG. 5-0 record in games he started and finished. Yeah, he's not Josh Allen and he's fragile as hell, but the kid deserves his due for what he's accomplished this season. He's been very very good.

He only attempted 18 passes since we possessed the ball for 41 minutes. Averaged 10 ypa, didn't turn the ball over and had a QBR of 80. By the way, he leads the NFL in both passer rating and QBR.